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Late Pleistocene Geochronology of European Russia [RADIOCARBON, VOL. 35, No. 3, 1993, P. 421-427] LATE PLEISTOCENE GEOCHRONOLOGY OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA KU. A. ARSLANOV Geographical Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199004 Russia 14C ABSTRACT. I constructed a Late Pleistocene geochronological scale for European Russia employing dating and paleo- botanical studies of several reference sections. MIKULIN0 (RISS-WURM) INTERGLACIAL AND EARLY VALDAI (EARLY WURM) STAGES AND INTERSTADIALS 230Th/ I employed a modified 4U dating method (Arslanov et al. 1976, 1978, 1981) to determine shell ages. I learned that 232Th is present only in the outer layer of shells; thus, it is not necessary to correct for 230Th if the surface (-30% by weight) is removed. A great many shells were parallel- dated by 14C and 23°Th/234U methods; results corresponded well for young shells (to 13-14 ka). Older shells appear to be younger due to recent carbonate contamination. Shells from transgression sediments of the Barents, White and Black Seas were chosen as most suitable for dating, based on appearance. Table 1 presents measured ages for these shells. The data show that the inner fractions of shells sampled from Boreal (Eem) transgression deposits of the Barents and White Seas date to 86-114 ka. Shells from sediments of the Black Sea Karangat transgression, which correlates to the Boreal, date to 95-115 ka. 23°Th/234U dating of shells and coral show that shells have younger ages than corals; this appears to result from later uranium penetration into shells (Arslanov et a1.1976). Boreal transgression sediments on the Kola peninsula can be placed in the Mikulino interglacial based on shell, microfauna, diatom and pollen studies (Arslanov et at. 1981). According to the oxygen-isotope record from deep-sea cores, interglacial substage 5e corresponds to the Dilikulino (Eem, Sangamon) interglacial in the interval 128-116 ka (Morley and Hays 1981). By considering the trend of 23°Th/234Th age reduction for shells, it can be stated that the Karangat and Boreal transgressions (85-115 ka) correlate to the Mikulino interglacial. Distinct cooling at the end of the Mikulino (Early Valdai) is identified from pollen studies of the Krotkov Cape liman clays (Taman peninsula) (Arslanov et al. 1983). Mollusk shells from the middle of the clays date to 95-100 ka (Table 1). Tree pollen comprises 93-98% of total pollen, with 55-65% pine, 27-35% fir and 12% birch. This association indicates taiga forest. According to oxygen-isotopic, micropaleontologic and geochronologic investigations of ocean sediments, coral terraces and continuous lake and bog sections, abrupt climatic cooling occurred from 116-110 ka (Worm I). The Kurgolovo stage of the Russian plain glacial zones appears to correspond to this cooling. During the Mikulino interglacial and Early Valdai interstadial, loess loams interbedded with soil horizons were deposited in Russian plain periglacial regions (Velichko 1977). Two world- wide transgressions occurred in the Early Worm at ca. 100-105 and 80-85 ka BP and are recorded by the presence of emerged coral terraces on Barbados, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, and New Guinea and Timor, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Widespread continental sediments of two Early Wurm interstadials (Amersfort/Brerup and Odder- ade in western Europe, Tarasovo and Kruglizky in Belorussia, Jonenis I and Jonenis II in Lithuania) correspond to the two oceanic transgressions discussed above. These sediments are well defined in the Grande-Pile section (France) and correspond to substages 5c and 5a of the oxygen- isotope scale (Woillard and Mook 1982). 421 422 Kh. A. Arslanov TABLE 1.23°Th/4U Ages of Marine Mollusk Shells from Barents, White and Black Sea Trans- gression Sediments (A = outer fraction, B = inner fraction) Laboratory number Age Mollusk species and location LU-455B 97,000 t 4000 Cyprina islandica from the section base, Svjatonossky gulf, Kola peninsula LU-452A 102,000 t 4000 Astarta borealis from the Malaja LU-452B 114,000 t 4000 Kachovka exposure, Kola peninsula LU-464A 85,500 t 3200 Cyprina islandica from the exposure LU-464B 86,000 t 3900 On Chapoma River, Kola peninsula LU-808A 129,400 t 4900 Cardium edule from the marine sediments of Maly Kut section, Taman peninsula LU-808B 115,000 t 3100 Same as above LU-805A 125,000 t 5000 Paphia senessens from the middle part of the marine sediments of Eltigen section, eastern coast of Kerch strait LU-805B 102,290 t 3200 Paphia senessens from the middle part of the marine sediments of Eltigen section, eastern coast of Kerch strait LU-802A 90,600 t 3100 Cardium tuberculatum from the same layer LU-802B 107,400 t 3800 Cardium tuberculatum from the same layer LU-804-1A 88,900 t 2200 Cardium edule from the Krotkov cape section, western part of Taman peninsula LU-804-1B 98,000 t 2400 Same as above LU-804-2A 98,900 t 2200 Same as above LU-804-2B 100,500 t 2100 Same as above Early Valdai interstadials followed the main Early Valdai (WUrm) glacial stage. This interstadial (isotopic stage 4) ranges from 72-58 ka (Morley and Hays 1981); the polar front migrated south to 45°N latitude (Ruddiman and McIntire 1977). Scandinavian ice sheets expanded south to latitude only during this stage; southernmost Sweden (Sconia) was not affected by Wi rm glaciation earlier than 21 ka (Berglund and Lagerlund 1981). Early Valdai sediments were studied in the following sections: Shestichino in the Jaroslavi region, Kileshino (near Selizharovo) in the Tver region and Migovo (near Grodno) in Belorussia. According to paleobotanical data (F. J. Velichkevich and E. A. Spiridonova), these sediments deposited in tundra and tundra-forest conditions date to >47-49 ka (Arslanov 1975; Spiridonova et al. 1981). To date, the Early Valdai (Visla) glacial moraine cannot be identified on the Russian plain, nor over much of western Europe. THE MIDDLE VALDAI NON-GLACIAL INTERVAL The interval between Early and Late Valdai glaciation includes the Middle Valdai interstadial complex (mega-interstadial), which contained warming and cooling phases. 14C dating of plant remains shows that the Middle Valdai (Worm, Visla) mega-interstadial continued from 58-60 to 25 ka (Arslanov 1975; Woillard and Mook 1982), and according to the oxygen-istope scale, from 27 to 58 ka (Morley and Hays 1981). Data from 31 Middle Valdai sediment sections are listed in Table 2, and include only those studied by palynological or paleocarpological methods. The oldest date was determined for the Rokai section near Kaunas: 52 ka t 1.69 ka. Pollen data indicate that tundra-forest vegetation expanded at this time (Gajgalas et al. 1987). Late Pleistocene Chronology of European Russia 423 TABLE 2.14C Dates of Organic Remnants from Middle Valdai Sediments Lab no. 14C age (BP) Section location, sample material, depth LU-28C 25,440 t 270 Dunaevo, Lovat River basin, peat from 6.4 m LU-28B 25,600 t 360 Dunaevo, Lovat River basin, peat from 6.4 m LU-1237 26,980 t 590 Njom, Vychegda river basin, peat from 5.2 m LU-105 28,170 t 750 Belorussia; plant detritus LU-646 29,080 t 580 Novomonchalovo, near t. Rzhev, Tver region, wood LU-107 31,470 t 590 Shenskoje, at Kesma River, Tver region, wood from 4.5 m LU-339 32,650 t 720 Shenskoje, Kesma river exposure, Tver region, borehole, peat from 9.7-10 m LU-1319 31,100 t 730 Mamyl, Pechora River, Komi Republic, peat from 13 m LU-159 32,260 t 730 Lejasziemes, Gauja River, Latvia, plant detritus from upper layer LU-311 34,500 t 790 Lejasziemes, Gauja River, Latvia, plant detritus from lower layer LU-1633 33,460 t 1060 Birzhai, Lithuania, borehole LU-1149A 33,100 t 850 Michalinovo, near Vitehsk, Belorussia, plant detritus, coarse fraction LU-1149B 34,040 t 350 Michalinovo, near Vitehsk, Belorussia, plant detritus, fine fraction LU-645 33,690 t 360 Novomonchalovo, near t. Rzev, Tver region, wood LU-513A 33,520 t 470 Sozva River, Lower Pechora basin, peat, insoluble fraction LU-513B 34,540 t 1570 Same sample, soluble (in 2% NaOH) fraction LU-92A 36,400 t 800 Shapurovo, near Surazh, Belorussia, peat LU-1620 36,360 t 1300 Shapurovo, near Surazh, Belorussia, peat LU-98 37,960 t 1000 Sloboda, near Surazh, Belorussia, peat LU-150 37,200 t 910 Vjazynka, 30 km NW from Minsk, peat LU-599 38,230 t 240 Dzhiguta, near Sukhumi, wood from 1.75-1.90 m LU-512A 38,670 t 870 Tyrybei, Hvostovaja River, Lower Pechora basin, peat, insoluble fraction LU-512B 39,840 t 570 Tyrybei, Hvostovaja River, Lower Pechora basin, peat, soluble fraction LU-588 39,170 t 470 Kyltovka, Vychegda River basin, Komi ASSR., wood from 4.7-4.9 m LU-63 39,800 t 800 Grazhdansky prospect borehole, N Leningrad, peat LU-22 40,380 t 800 Grazhdansky prospect borehole, N Leningrad, peat LU-15A 40,490 t 870 Kashin, Tver region, coarse fraction LU-15B 41,700 t 730 Same sample, fine fraction LU-550 40,650 t 790 Shapkino II, Shapkina River, lower Pechora basin, peat LU-517B 40,860 t 1260 Shapkino II, Shapkina River, lower Pechora basin, peat LU-94 40,800 t 1900 Suchona near v. Selische, Vologda region, peat from 20.0-20.2 m LU-93 41,100 t 1500 Same borehole, peat from 19.75-20.0 m LU-632 41,810 t 600 Kileshino, near Selizharovo, Tver region, wood LU-648 41,200 t 710 Dzhiguta, near Sukhumi, wood from 3.7-3.9 m LU-647A 42,760 t 660 Dzhiguta, near Sukhumi, wood from 4.7-4.8 m LU-606 44,130 t 630 Dzhiguta, near Sukhumi, wood from 5.0-5.1 m LU-181 41,290 t 320 Dolgopolka, near Tutaev, Jaroslavl region, wood LU-533 42,810 t 1200 Urdjuga, Malozemelskaja tundra, peat LU-519 42,660 t 970 Shapkina I, Shapkina River, lower Pechora basin, peat LU-596 43,300 t 780 Vaskelovo, near Leningrad, peat LU-1053 43,440 t 1460 Jula, Pinega river basin, Arkhangelsk region, peat LU-1262 45,000 t 1150 Same exposure, wood LU-1206 45,210 t 1430 Juizh, North Dvina basin, Arkhangelsk region, peat LU-673 45,770 t 1160 Chernaja Rechka, near Leningrad, peat from 2.8 m LU-164 46,030 t 1710 Krasnaja Gorka, Dneiper River, Belorussia, peat from 6-7 cm top peat layer LU-186 46,770 t 830 Krasnaja Gorka, Dneiper River, Belorussia, peat from 12-15 cm LU-133 45,260 t 800 Krasnaja Gorka, Dneiper River, Belorussia, peat from 18-21 cm LU-624 46,880 ±.
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